Class Economic Journalism

Students will acquire knowledge of economics, financial markets and business accounting that will enable them to prepare news and reports on these matters in simple and rigorous language. They also acquire critical skills to analyse information and numbers.

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  Mathematics for journalists. Critical analysis of numbers. Fundamental calculations: percentages and variations. Economic publications. Analysis of information. How the economy is measured. General concepts: production, employment and prices; the public accounts; relations with the outside world. GDP: concept, sources of information and news. Public accounts and the Fiscal Budget. Public revenue and expenditure. The State Budget. Public deficit and debt concepts. Unemployment and Inflation. Employment and unemployment. How it's measured: Statistics Employment Survey. Other sources of information. Prices: inflation and falling prices, causes and consequences. Information sources. Company accounts. Balance sheet and income statement. Financial markets. The equity and debt markets. Foreign exchange markets. Interest rates. The role of the ECB.

Learning by doing - learning economic and financial concepts through preparing news. Create habits of following current news through weekly sharing of news.

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